{"id":50143,"date":"2026-02-17T06:58:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50143"},"modified":"2026-02-17T06:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:58:55","slug":"2026-02-17-moyo-on-path-to-boxing-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/17\/2026-02-17-moyo-on-path-to-boxing-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Moyo on path to boxing success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This is how Xolani Moyo sees this moment since leaving Zimbabwe in 2011 to look for greener pastures in SA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI think I have achieved things I would not have achieved if I were in Zimbabwe,\u201d said Moyo yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">His hard work and dedication to honing the skills of aspiring boxers have made him one of the emerging trainers worth taking note of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of veteran trainer George Khosi, Moyo is now responsible for the careers of 11 boxers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAt the moment I don\u2019t have a champion,\u201d said the 39-year-old trainer who assisted Khosi when their charge \u2013 Simon Dladla \u2013 won the SA junior-middleweight belt in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Moyo\u2019s two charges, Simphiwe Ntombela and Ronaldo Sibisi, will be in action on February 28 at Silver Lakes Farm Hotel in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Their non-title fights will be part of the tournament promoted by Terry Anne Hart of Fighters Club Promotions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While Sibisi will be up against Ricardo Shaw over four rounds, Ntombela will be involved in a must-win bout against Jarred Silverman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI am looking forward to seeing what the future holds for them, especially Ntombela, because defeat will signal the end of his boxing career,\u201d said Moyo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe said it himself that if he loses, he would quit; I think he\u2019s got a good career where he works, doing security at a higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s been a long and thorny road for Ntombela, who has boxed professionally since 2017 with no silverware to show for his commitment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has won four of his 16 fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A die-hard Kaizer Chiefs fan based in Orange Farm, Moyo first worked as a waiter when he arrived in SA before falling in love with boxing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One of the boxers he trained in the amateurs is Lindokuhle Khuzwayo, a 22-year-old prospect who won the IBO All Africa featherweight title last November under trainer Sean Smith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Moyo #path #boxing #success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. 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